4-14-19

A friend asked me to make two large planters for her mother so here I am throwing the largest things I've ever made. 14" across and 4" high. 

I also wanted to make some steins for the local brewery and am glazing two sizes differently.

4-13-19

Sakura is in town giving a talk at the university. We went to a luncheon where she spoke after visiting classrooms. It was a short but sweet visit! 

4-12-19

Three projects I'm working on.

4-11-19

Me with my department head and dean winning the award.

Me with the students who nominated me.

4-8-19

Me.

4-7-19

It was hilarious to see Auburn portrayed on SNL tonight!

4-6-19

I made bowls today for Shack.

4-5-19

I got this invitation today... because I won the graduate teaching award for the College of Education (see, I told you that I work). Today I went to the studio and picked up two garlic roasters I'd made with Lizella clay. See the red color?

4-4-19

Now I am making steins for a local brewery.

I carved the relief for a clay sticker.

And made the stein just so... so it would be 1 pint when shrunk.

4-3-19

I am so happy with this. and this. and this.

Dan and I went to get BBQ after picking up all this stuff from the studio. We went to the courthouse lawn and sat on a bench in front of the blue water fountain and ate. I was so excited to be bringing all my goodies home, that I took pictures as soon as we got back.

4-2-19

My crown fell out of my mouth. I was driving back from a middle school in the country when I felt something near this tooth, like something was stuck, and I picked at it, and off popped my tooth crown. I was so freaked out, I had to go home and get in bed. The raw stump of a tooth nub hurt! It was an ugly brown and looked like it was full of cavities. I was SO freaked out, I didn't go to my afterschool club.

4-1-19

These turned out well. I bought some pink high fire underglaze so the pink wouldn't burn out.

3-31-19

Lizella clay is ugly when glazed in clear. I made this test tile with measurement marks up to 10. It shrank to 8.9 from 10. It's beautiful raw-- a brick red-- but uuuuuugly glazed.

3-29-19

Chicken is drying.

One of my PhD students has successfully defended her dissertation. The other is next week.

3-24-19

Today I made pinch pots with some little girls and I showed them how to make things on the wheel. I enjoyed teaching them.

3-20-19

Chicken got more feathers.

3-19-19 Epiphany Day for Me

Today I heard the voice of God. Not really. It wasn't a voice... more of a.... silence.

It said, "This. This. This chicken. This is what you are supposed to be doing. You are good at this. Look. Look. Look."

I got goose bumps and called Dan into the room. I felt like I was floating. I fell in love with this chicken and the way I felt, floating, but planted where I was meant to be.

Below... a jug I made from Lizella clay.

3-17-19

Today we went to a birthday party and I saw on their front door, a decoration I'd made YEARS ago! 

Also, my mom made the dacquoise and it was fantastic.

3-15-19

The mug turned out oK. I wasn't crazy about the color of the clay showing. I'd tried to make an iron wash to darken it but this kiln is hotter at this new studio. Also, because it's hotter, it burns up the color pink. See piggy below!

 This is a bonsai planter I made that turned out nicely. I glazed it with copper red, which shows some blue and purple and red.

3.14.....19

This is the painted set... it got all blurry and washed out from the glaze though.

3-13-19

My in-laws are visiting. Aren't they cute snuggled up underneath an afghan I made? I took them to the new studio I joined.

You, reader, must be wondering if I work.

Yes, I work. But I do not like writing about it.

3-8-19

Lots of goodies from the kiln today. This is the last firing I will do at the studio near my house. After this, I will move studios. It took over a month to get these out of the kiln and I got fussed at today when I reached in and took one out. I could see it through the propped lid.. and it was not hot.

3-7-19

I'm participating in a daily challenge to post something on Instagram about my making. The picture above is what I posted today. I'm painting these bowls and mugs. I also painted the pigs.

3-4-19

I have loved clay for a long time, I just didn't know it.

Since I was six, I'd been saving this cow/pig I made. I remember making it. I remember rubbing shoe polish on it after it was bisqued. I've gotten better at making piggies.